Los Angeles, CA. (May 23, 2023) – The 48th Annual Gracie Awards, presented by the Alliance for Women in Media Foundation (AWMF), illuminated the night with an extraordinary celebration of women in media held at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel. The evening ...
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Los Angeles, CA. (May 23, 2023) – The 48th Annual Gracie Awards, presented by the Alliance for Women in Media Foundation (AWMF), illuminated the night with an extraordinary celebration of women in media held at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel. The evening ...
Posted Thursday, May 25th 2023 at 3:13PM
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Miles Dewey Davis III (May 26, 1926 – September 28, 1991) was an American trumpeter, bandleader, and composer. He is among the most influential and acclaimed figures in the history of jazz and 20th-century music. Davis adopted a variety of musical di ...
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Bill Robinson, nicknamed Bojangles (born Luther Robinson; May 25, 1878 – November 25, 1949), was an American tap dancer, actor, and singer, the best known and the most highly paid African-American entertainer in the United States during the first hal ...
Posted Thursday, May 25th 2023 at 1:46PM
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2023 East Coast Black Age of Comics Convention
Junious Ricardo Stanton
The East Coast Black Age of Comics Convention was held May 19-20, 2023 in Philadelphia at the Student and Alumni Center at Temple University. This was the organization’s twen ...
Posted Thursday, May 25th 2023 at 10:09AM
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Tina Turner, known as "Queen of Rock 'n' Roll," has died at 83 years old. NPR's Eric Deggans highlights the iconic performer's life and career.
Tina Turner, the exuberant, heel-stomping, wild-haired rock goddess who sold out stadiums, earned a ...
Posted Wednesday, May 24th 2023 at 4:15PM
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Edward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington", the recipient of the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award, the Presidential Medal of Freedom and several other honors, died on May 24, 1974, in New York City. His last words were, "Music is how I live, why I live and ...
Posted Wednesday, May 24th 2023 at 3:45PM
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Dwight Arrington Myers (May 24, 1967 – November 8, 2011), known professionally as Heavy D, was a Jamaican-born American rapper, record producer, and actor. Myers was the leader of Heavy D & the Boyz, a group that included dancers/hype men G-Whiz (G ...
Posted Wednesday, May 24th 2023 at 12:20PM
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Patricia Louise Holt (born May 24, 1944), known professionally as Patti LaBelle, is an American R&B singer and actress. She has been referred to as the "Godmother of Soul".
She began her career in the early 1960s as lead singer and frontwoman of t ...
Posted Wednesday, May 24th 2023 at 12:03PM
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Coleman Alexander Young (May 24, 1918 – November 29, 1997) was an American politician who served as mayor of Detroit, Michigan, from 1974 to 1994. Young was the first African-American mayor of Detroit.
Young had emerged from the far-left element i ...
Posted Wednesday, May 24th 2023 at 11:57AM
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On this day in history, May 23, 1900, Sgt. William H. Carney receives Medal of Honor
First African American to receive the honor, Carney protected Old Glory during the Civil War
Sgt. William H. Carney was the first African American to be awarde ...
Posted Tuesday, May 23rd 2023 at 2:01PM
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